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Well, that and the Tigers' pitching staff's inability to throw accurately to third base.
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He's not entirely wrong, especially in the case of the series with the Cardinals. But your point has a lot of validity as well.
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I do think momentum plays a role. The last two series, the Bruins have played against teams that are coming off sweeps in the previous round. Columbus looked flat in Game 1 of the ECSF, and Carolina has obviously been dreadful in the first two games of the ECF.
The tradeoff was the Bruins looked really tired in Games 2 and 3 of the Columbus series.
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artie_fufkin wrote:
I do think momentum plays a role. The last two series, the Bruins have played against teams that are coming off sweeps in the previous round. Columbus looked flat in Game 1 of the ECSF, and Carolina has obviously been dreadful in the first two games of the ECF.
The tradeoff was the Bruins looked really tired in Games 2 and 3 of the Columbus series.
In the NHL, assuming time to heal isn’t an issue, I think winning in 6 games is ideal. It usually gives a team 3-4 days off to rest, but not so much time they get flat. It’s even better if your opponent goes 7 games and plays 6 OTs in game 7